The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it lost about K500 million in revenue during the collapse of its prepaid vending system for three days, last week. ESCOM’s controller of prepaid vending system, Maxwell Mulimakwenda, however, says the power utility body’s major concern is not the revenue lost, but the impact of production to […]
Officials from the ministry of Foreign Affairs say they have recorded over 100 Malawians caught up in war torn Sudan, and plans to repatriate them back to Malawi are in progress. Spokesperson for the Ministry, John Kabaghe said the number could rise. He said the government will do all it can to repatriate its citizens […]
The Chief Resident Magistrate’s Court in Zomba, has sentenced a 26-year-old University of Malawi (Unima) student, Martin Kachigayo to 22 months imprisonment for theft of a laptop and Redmi Note phone belonging to a first year student, Mayamiko Phiri. Kachigayo, who is answering similar charges at the court after he was arrested for theft of […]
Lilongwe Police Station has apprehended Kelvin Hassan, 37, on suspicion that he has been behind a series of car breakings and theft of valuable items such as laptops, cellphones, and money among others, at Lilongwe Sana Megashop carpark which is situated near Kamuzu Central Hospital roundabout. Police say on the material day at around 6 […]
President Dr Lazarus Chakwera will on 26 April 2023, attend the 6th Transform Africa Summit Meeting which is scheduled to take place in Victoria Falls, the Republic of Zimbabwe. According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Summit is a platform through which global and regional leaders from government, private sector and […]
Music, dance, food and drink defined the event. From Sunday afternoon till late in the night, Blantyre fun seekers thronged Chilembwe Road behind Livingstone Towers and Chibisa House for fun. This was a special occasion as First Capital Bank (FCB) celebrated its sponsorship of FCB Nyasa Bullets Football Club. Musicians such as Black Missionaries Band, […]
The High Court of Malawi is now set to deliver its judgement in a nine-year-old K2.4 billion Cashgate case involving former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo and 17 others. The progress follows a ruling by the court yesterday dismissing Mphwiyo’s application to stay proceedings. If granted, the court would have restarted the proceedings. […]
ActionAid Malawi through Valuing Women’s Work Programme says girls and women need to be recognised for the roles they play in the economy. Through the programme, ActionAid Malawi is driving ‘Femeconomics’ through which young women discuss issues that affect them and advocate equality in society. The programme also seeks to empower young women with various […]
Under federal system of Government, councils will be independent The Federalism Institute 724 Malawi has called on the Malawi Electoral Commission [Mec] to halt preparations for the next elections amid calls for the establishment of a federal system of government that are louder across the country.Malawians are demanding the establishment of a federal system of […]
Detective police officers under Lilongwe Police in the wee hours of Monday, April 24, 2023, arrested two cattle rustlers over suspicion that they killed a livestock farm watchman, Simon Jentala, at Mwalimbwe Village, Chitedze area in Lilongwe, where they stole five heads of cattle. Police Publicist for Lilongwe, Hastings Chigaru, said the suspects have been […]
